Community Concepts’ Volunteer Driver Program Benefits the Whole Family

Transportation is a key issue in ensuring older adults can live safely and independently in their own homes.

Client Caroline Gould, who lives in Bethel, said the program not only helps her, but her whole family as well: “My family all works, and they had to take days off of work just to take me to (my) appointments, and sometimes the appointments are an hour,” Gould said. “They can’t take all that time off work, so (we) called and I got stuck with this fellow.” Gould gestured to [driver Al] Cressy and smiled.